Double Jeopardy (1999)
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Cast
as Libby Parsons
as Travis Lehman
as Nick Parsons
as Angela Green
as Margaret Skolowski
as Evelyn Lake
as Bobby
as Rebecca Tingely
as Matty Parsons (age 4)
as Matty Parsons (age 11)
as Karl Carruthers
as Lawyer
as Cutter
as Mangold
as Computer Guy
as BMW Salesman
as Ruby
as Orbe
as Yuppie Man
as Trucker
as Rudy
as Warren
as Bartender at Party
as Yuppie Girl
as Coast Guard Officer
as Deputy Ben
as Watch Stander
as Judge
as Prisoner at Phone
as Parole Board Member
as Drug Counselor
as Georgia
as Libby's Roommate
as Parolee
as Ferry Captain
as Emergency Room Doctor
as Libby's Mother
as Boy at Door
as Housewife
as Neighbor in Garden
as Gallery Owner
as Singer in Jackson Square
as Singer in Jackson Square
as Singer in Jackson Square
as Singer in Jackson Square
as Maison Beau Coeur Clerk
as Hotel Manager
as Mrs. Kritch
as Bell Hop
as Boutique Saleswoman
as Detective
as Scarf Woman
as Scarf Woman's Husband
as Doorman
as Singer at Auction
as Auctioneer
as Bidder
as Bidder
as Bidder
as Suzanne Monroe
as Bachelor at Auction
as Bachelor at Auction
as New Orleans Bartender
as New Orleans Cop
as Mounted Cop
as Coed with Umbrella
as Preacher
as Matty Pretender
as Lucy
as New Orleans Cabbie
as Coach
as Coach
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Critic Reviews for Double Jeopardy
All Critics (84) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (63) | DVD (10)
A lukewarm outing that mostly just bops from plot point to plot point.
Double Jeopardy is single-minded and engaging thriller storytelling without an afterglow.
Beresford's straight-ahead approach to the material, as a heart-tugger, is 180 degrees wrong.
It has no subtlety, no shadings, and no suspense, and might as well not have a screenplay.
One of the dumbest chase thrillers ever to stumble onto the big screen!
Ms. Judd looks too dainty to throw herself into anything more reckless than a manicure.
Audience Reviews for Double Jeopardy
Quite an overused idea, the beginning seemed to take quite a while but then the main part (especially her jailing) didn't take very long at all and left me confused about the time span of the film. Acting was decent but nothing special and overall a very obvious film with no guessing to be done.
Super Reviewer
This movie is a thriller about a woman convicted (wrongly) of murdering her husband. She gets a lengthy prisons sentence but gets out early on good behavior. When she discovers that not only was she (correctly) set up, but that the person who did it was her husband, she sets out for revenge, planning to exploit the double jeopardy loop hole which says a person cannot be convicted for the same crime twice. Double jeopardy is a real thing, but the film plays fast and loose with it, and the way it is demonstrated here isn't actually how it works. That aside, this is a very entertaining film, despite being kinda silly and on the nose. The motivations for various things (aside from the revenge) aren't really well constructed, and the writing just feels kinda 'bare minimum', but the performances are passable, and the audience does feel satisfaction in seeing Ashley Judd's Libby run around on her quest for revenge. This film comes off to me as the cinematic equivalent of an airport novel. I mean that as mostly a compliment, even if I don't completely recommend the film as something worth watching very often. Had this been better scripted, and maybe had a bit tighter direction, then it might hold up as more than rainy day popcorn fare.
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Whilst I do not find Ashley Judd one othe more convincing Actresses, this is a film that holds yours attention and urges the need for retribution to take place. Cheesy in parts, but helped along by Tommy Lee Jones, this is an enjoyable film of the 90's.
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Double Jeopardy Quotes
| Travis Lehman: | We spotted the Parsons woman in the Quarter last night. She got away. I just came by to find out if you'd heard from her. |
| Nick Parsons: | Not a peep |
| Nick Parsons: | Not a peep. |
| Travis Lehman: | Do you have any idea why she's fixated her lunacy on you? |
| Nick Parsons: | Well, the world's full of crazy people, am I right? |
| Travis Lehman: | Oh, yes, you are right. Truer words were never spoken. Those are nice pictures there. Did your kids do them? |
| Travis Lehman: | Oh, yes, you are right. Truer words were never spoken. Those are nice pictures there. Did your kids do them? |
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